"The principles and policy of these Presidents were……" — Robert Toombs
"The principles and policy of these Presidents were marked by the most enlarged and comprehensive statesmanship, promoting the highest interests of the Republic."
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Robert Toombs
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32 Quotes by Robert Toombs
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Give us equality of enjoyment, equal right to expansion - it is as necessary to our prosperity as yours.
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There are courageous and honest men enough in both sections to fight. There is no question of courage involved. The…
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Conflicting commercial regulations of the different States shackled and diminished both foreign and domestic trade; hence the power to regulate…
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The firing on that fort will inaugurate a civil war greater than any the world has yet seen…you will lose…
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Besides, we had a large debt, contracted at home and abroad in our War of Independence; therefore the great power…
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Certainly there was no just cause of complaint from the Northern States - no advantage was ever sought or obtained…
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Liberty, in its last analysis, is but the sweat of the poor and the blood of the brave.
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The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet…
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They all agree, they are all unanimous in Congress, in the States, on the rostrum, in the sanctuary - everywhere…
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I very much regret, in appearing before you at your request, to address you on the present state of the…
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With these vast advantages, ordinary and extraordinary, one would have supposed the North would have been content, and would have…
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The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made…
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More Comprehensive Quotes
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one of 247 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The last months, weeks and days have seen accelerating discussions, involving the DUP for the first time, about a comprehensive…
— Gerry Adams
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Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.
— Max Baucus
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There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we…
— Saul Bellow
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I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows…
— Madeleine Albright
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The fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now, had it not been for Ted Kennedy's deliberately…
— Jimmy Carter
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Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy…
— Dick Cheney
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The founding fathers were not only brilliant, they were system builders and systematic thinkers. They came up with comprehensive plans…
— Ron Chernow
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If the euro zone doesn't come up with a comprehensive vision of its own future, you'll have a whole range…
— Nick Clegg
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...I believe that it is not enough, as I said, to tinker at the margins of U.S. immigration law... the…
— Ronald Reagan
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We are trying to identify employers that might be [hiring illegal aliens] and to take effective action against them. We're…
— Janet Reno
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Based on my experience as a prosecutor in Miami, illegal immigration is one of the most critical issues facing this…
— Janet Reno
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Evolution... is the most powerful and the most comprehensive idea that has ever arisen on Earth.
— Julian Huxley
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